In a year dominated by the war in Ukraine, the plight of migrants and the climate crisis, photographers recall how they captured 20 outstanding images
I was having dinner with old friends at a Manhattan restaurant when we heard that Roe v Wade had been overturned – the precedent that gave women the right to manage their own bodies through abortion. As an American woman, I couldn’t believe what was happening in my country. I was struggling to find the words to explain how I felt, when out of the window, I could see throngs of protesters on Park Avenue. I only had a little point-and-shoot camera and my phone with me.
The atmosphere was actually pretty mild: it was more of a weekend-long rally – lots of Trump flags – than direct action. Instead, it was a general conservative get-together. It felt like a music festival, but with no shows. It was an expression of identity, as things often are, I think: people looking for some sort of community.7 Augustis one of Biden’s signature pieces of legislation.
I was walking up the platform, when I saw a light from one window. There was a man saying an emotional goodbye to a woman who had boarded. I put down my camera. This could be their last goodbye: it’s not my place to interrupt it. But the man gave me a nod, so I started to photograph. I found myself weeping behind the camera. As the train started to move, he followed it up the platform. When he couldn’t keep up with it, he returned towards me, tears in his eyes. We stood together in silence.
In October, I was on the beach in Gravelines, near Dunkirk. A few days passed, and I saw nothing. Then, one morning at dawn, I found many people hoping to cross the Channel. They had travelled overnight on buses, and then hid for hours in the darkness near the beach waiting for their moment. At about 8am, this group carried a boat down to the water.
When I arrived, rescue teams hadn’t yet made it. I saw someone crying; they told me their nephew and four other children were dead, buried in the rubble that had been their school building. What I saw left me trembling. Children’s bodies were being carried through what used to be a street, as preparations began for their Islamic funerals. That’s when I saw a father carrying his son to be buried. I took a photograph from behind, as he slowly walked to his child’s final resting place.
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